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GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,648, dated July 7, 1835.

Application filed December 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all wltom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to garmentsupporters, whereby socks or other articles of clothing are held during use in fixed positions.

The features of novelty for which I desire protection are pointed out in the claims at the end of this description.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this description, and in which like letters indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a per spective view of one embodiment of my in vention. 2 is a like view of another embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing modifications in the attaching devices.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A represents a band of elastic or non elastic webbing of width and length suitable for the purposes for which it is designed.

In Fig. 1 the supporter is made of a continuous piece of webbing, having upon each end a metallic protecting-piece, a, which also facilitates the connecting and disconnecting of the band to the buckles B. Each of the buckles B is composed of a flat piece of metal having three parallel interior bars, whereby four slots or openings are provided. I attach these buckles to the band A, so that they will serve to enable the band to hold the attaching clasps or devices, and also permit the adj ustment of the band at either or both ends without any sewing or clinching, as is ordinarily practiced in the manufacture of articles of this description.

A description of the manner in which the elements of the supporter shown in Fig. 1 are assembled will suflice to enable any one to put together the parts of the supporters shown in the other views of the drawings. 1 first cut the band or webbing A of the desired length, and secure, by clamping or otherwise upon both ends thereof, the metallic protectors a. The

end of said band is then passed from beneath through the right-hand slot in the buckle, thence passed from above through the adjoining slot. The buckle is then adjusted on the band, so as to get the requisite fold for the attaching device, after which the attaching device is slipped ovcr the end thus adjusted, and the free end of the loop is passed from beneath through the slot at the opposite end of the buckle or the end on the left hand, and thence from above through the adjoining slot, where, being bent down, it lies flat between the folds of the band formed by the various adjustments indicated. It is thus that the supporter is made without any sewing or clinching. Of course any form of clasp or attaching device may be applied to the webbing in the manner described.

In Fig. 1 the device indicated by 0 is designed for taking hold of the sock or other article to be supported. This device 0 is made with an angular or inclined slot, so that when applied to an article for the purpose of holding the same the strain draws the article toward the angle of the slot, and thus fastens it in position. The dcvice'D in the same view is on the free end of the supporter, and is for the purpose of attaching said free end to the body of the band or webbing A, as shown. In this view the band is provided with a small narrow plate, E, of the same width as the webbing, and having a single division-bar, whereby it is secured on the band Aand adjusted to or from the fixed end of the supporter, as is clearly obvious from an inspection of the drawings. Instead of plate E there may be used a button.

In using the supporter to sustainasock, for instance, the sock is first grasped in the proper position by the device 0, and the free end of the band A is then carried around the calf of the leg until it meets the lower portion of the body of the band, or that position at which the plate E has been fixed. The fastening device D is then slipped over the plate E, as shown, thus firmly holding the free end of the band against displacement.

The device D is made of wire or of a piece of flat metal, bent up to form a flattened oval loop to receive the fold of the webbing, and having a substantially round eye next to the oval loop, and an elongated portion having substantially parallel walls next to the round eye. In securing this clasp to the plate E the round eye is slipped over the outer edge of said plate and the device drawn forward until the elongated portion thereof comes in contact with the plate E, thus locking the clasp and plate securely together.

In Fig. 2 the attaching device D is made of a piece of metal shaped to 'form an eye,through which the loop of the webbing is passed, the outer elongated termination of which is'bent up in the form of a hook. In this View the metal piece E takes the form of a ring, F, which is secured to loops in the webbing by employing an extra set of buckles, B, applied and operating the same as the set of buckles already described. I

The device D in Fig. 2 is secured by passing the eye thereof over the ring F,or by slipping the hook of said device through the ring F.

In Fig. 3 the same general features of construction are shown, the buckles being attached in the manner explained without sewing or clinching. In this View, however, the device D on the free end of the webbing consists of an Ordinary hook of metal with a flat oblong shank, through which the fold of the band is passed, and which is adapted to be hooked into a hole in plate G, adjustably secured to the webbing by an extra set of the buckles B in manner similar to that in which the ring F is secured to the supporter shown in Fig. 2. This plate G is so shaped as to slightly incline from a straight line that end of the webbing which is intended to be secured to the garment to be supported.

The manner in which the various forms of my supporter are used and the parts adjusted and operated is plainly evident from the foregoing description and the drawings which form a part thereof.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An elastic-webbing garmentsupporter having at one end an attaching-clasp andat its other free or adjustable end an attaching device or hook, as D, in combination with a buckle for regulating the length of the supporter, and an adjustable device independent of said buckle and adapted to receive the attaching device or hook on the free end of the supporter, substantially as set forth.

2. A garment-supporter provided with the adjustable slide E, and having at its free end the attaching device D, which is constructed with an eye substantially round in outline, and with an elongated portion next to the round eye having substantially parallel walls, and adapted to co-operate with the slide E, as and for the purpose set forth. I

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of December, A. D. 1884.

CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY.

W'itnesses:

HUGO KoELKE, RICHARD Goonn. 

